Kame Posted May 1, 2019 Report Share Posted May 1, 2019 I recently had a new laser installed in my Sony MDS-B5. The technician noted that installing the laser was quite a tough job. While he'd replaced lasers on countless CD units, this was the first MD deck he'd worked on. The unit appears to function perfectly except for one problem: when playing the same minidisc, the output level of the sound on the repaired unit is much lower compared to both the MDS-B6 slave deck and a MSD-JB940. Both the MDS-B6 slave deck and the MSD-JB940 are much louder than the newly repaired unit. My tech will have a look at I wanted to ask here for opinions and ideas. Is there some setting I cannot see on the MDS-B5 that has lowered the output volume? Thanks for any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Are you talking about analog or digital out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kame Posted May 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 I have been using the analog-out ports. Jonathan in France kindly pointed out that a simple adjustment of the trimpots on the back (directly below the SLR analog ports) offered the simple solution. I didn't realize those holes were trimpots. After making several adjustments, the MDS-B5 is functions perfectly with its new laser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted May 4, 2019 Report Share Posted May 4, 2019 Yeah. There's no such thing as a variation in optical output. You get what you get, and it's pretty consistent. Glad you got it sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippeC Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Glad that "Jonathan the potato" help you to sort it out. https://www.jonathandupre.fr/ + his topics on LaserdiscPlaza Minidisc https://www.laserdiscplaza.fr/forumld/viewforum.php?f=73&sid=7366375439475170c2a3f86e4c925f2b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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